buttstock find

[Grizzly Adams]

It does ask if the applicant is a British subject, which pretty much leaves the US out. Perhaps it was Kenyan, gun laws were pretty restrictive there even in the 1940s. I can't find reference to a city named Brockville outside of Canada, did Ontario have their own firearms registry in those days? I should pull the butt plate off my M-54.

Hard to believe, there was a Gun registry, during the war, found a similar certificate in a Buddy's muzzle loading shot gun owned by his grandfather.

Grizz

 

[Grizzly Adams]

This!! My neighbour told me that during the second world war he was required to register all his firearms. He said just like now it was a failed attempt then as most refused to comply.

Especially if you were an Enemy Alien, Father in Law, a farmer, had to surrender his .22

Grizz

 

[normanmclean]

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[normanmclean]

My great-uncle's Riverside Arms Co. 12 gauge. Certificate found in the buttstock.

 

[normanmclean]

Rough condition, but I think it's a keeper.